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FeaturesCherrys on top
After five turbulent months, the Cherry family鈥檚 attempts to buy Countryside Properties finally seem to be coming to fruition.
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FeaturesAll change
These are nervous times for the rail sector鈥檚 contractors and consultants, with Network Rail being ordered to slash costs as major project budgets spiral.
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FeaturesNine into one
Is it a home? Is it an office? A shop, a theatre or maybe a bus station? Well, all of the above 鈥� and more besides. In fact, Ruddle Wilkinson Architects鈥� latest development in north London combines nine uses in one building. Martin Spring finds out how.
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FeaturesHot topic: Private residential
Davis Langdon focuses on the private residential sector, and finds that although the market is slowing, demand is still strong 鈥� particularly for apartments in big cities
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Laying the groundwork for a brighter future
Decent homes, better schools, adequate healthcare, transport that works. All the big political ambitions of the 21st Century depend on a revved-up construction industry, which Constructing Excellence is here to deliver
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FeaturesNo pain, No gain
Dennis Lenard, chief executive of Constructing Excellence, reveals his big idea for helping the UK finally realize its massive development potential... Fork out for it
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Good for the little guy
Sharing intelligence means that business improvement is no longer the exclusive preserve of big companies
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Gimme shelter
To meet its targets, the government needs an industry that, in truth, doesn鈥檛 exist yet. Meet the organisation helping housebuilders navigate their way into the brave new world
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Ready for take off
As a client, it鈥檚 easy to see how far the industry has come, but there is still a long way to go
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Finding a just price
We use common sense when we lease a car. Why not when we procure a building? We can, argues Andrew Green
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Over the first hurdle
As this survey shows, local authorities are making real headway toward being good clients, but insiders are warning that the hardest part is yet to come
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Raising the game
The challenge is to avoid complacency by continually redefining excellence
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Future in hand
精东影视 the next generation takes more than offering courses. What skills are needed? Who wants to learn them? And who鈥檚 going to pay? Constructing Excellence adopts the holistic view
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Specifier Products
Just about everything you need to build the kind of copper-clad, circular, streamlined, siphonically drained, airtight roof that will make you envied by your competitors and adored by your clients
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Costs: Metal roofing claddings
Metal self-supporting roofing is becoming ever more popular, and not just in the commercial and industrial sectors. Peter Mayer of 精东影视 Performance Group considers the options and costs
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FeaturesMIPIM in miniature
Capita Symonds has squeezed everything you need to survive MIPIM into a 1x4in box.